Tacos El Rey is a long time family favorite. This is their original location located off of Sutro and is locally owned by a nice family and operated. I've seen the owner from time to time and is she is always friendly and accomodating. Her kids will be seen working at this location or Mae Anne in NW. I had to have a milanesa torta today, so I drove over from Wells to get one. We also ordered menudo and quesadillas for my kids. Service was friendly and prompt and food was delicious and hot. My only complaint is paying extra for milanesa and barely having any meat in my torta. Their prices have drastically increased since the last time my family and I dined in. The restaurant is usually fairly busy, but it wasn't at their dinner service tonight. (I'm not complaining about having the place to ourselves.) Another suggestion would be for your restrooms to be routinely deep cleaned and to be updated. I'll always be back and stay as long as it's not a full house. read more

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8/30/2025 trying for first time. Place was really busy, ordered chicken mole, and asada burrito to go. Place was nice inside and food was descent. read more

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Well, here I am again, having the Mondayiest Monday, that ever Mondayed. Again, Tacos El Ray to the rescue. It is amazing how much good food can improve my day. As I work my way through the menu, I am impressed by how good everything tastes. I have not yet found something that I do not enjoy. I love this place! read more

Yet another failure in the burrito department in Reno/Sparks. Have been trying for 6 years to find a truly delicious burrito-- no luck yet am sorry to say. This one was supposed to have whole beans ( never found one) onions and cilantro ( none of this either...), just onions. Meat was the shredded beef. OK, nothing to write home about. Asked for the "wet" to be half red and half green. Was all red, of course. Was supposed to have cheese on top-- never found that either. Icing on the cake was that the sauce was ENCHILADA red sauce not salsa, and whatever green stuff they might have had never got close to this thing. The one thing I really dislike in Mexican food is red enchilada sauce and I have a huge amount that the burrito is floating in. Won't be back. This was the Tacos El Ray in the Total Wine shopping center on S Virginia. read more

Tip. Do not order one ala carte sope with a side order of rice and beans. It cost 11.99 for a combo platter with three sopes and a side of rice and beans. I got a small amount of beans for over four dollars! Here is the picture of what I was served when I asked for the to go container of beans. This cost me over 8 bucks. Bad mistake I never make again. I asked for the to go order of beans and got this little plate of beans 1/4 the amount I paid for. read more

Tacos El Rey - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Service was fast and good. The establishment was clean a large amount of seating I end up getting the quesabrea it was good. they are not skimping on the meat inside the taco. However do feel like it was lacking a bit flavor, over all good though. read more

El Día De Hoy Muy Mal Servicio la muchacha que estaba atendiendo ya no nos quiso atender ya que dijo que estaba cerrado todavía no eran las nueve cuando ella nos dijo que estaba cerrado, Eran 20 minutos para la nueve y no nos quiso atender, nunca nos habían tratado así hasta el día de hoy, estamos muy decepcionados. read more

It had been far too long since I had stopped in. The fried shrimp tacos were so good. The shrimp had been coarsely chopped after frying, so they didn't try to slide out of the tortillas. Nice crema on top. Rice & beans were tasty, and cold horchata is great on a hot day! A very satisfying lunch! read more

Tacos El Rey - 2 shrimp tacos, rice, beans and a small horchata - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Holy guacamole! This place is the bomb! I did some mass ordering for my son and his buddies at the rehab that my son is staying. OMG.. the savory smells of the spices in the air. I ordered the birria quesadillas, asada torta, and some asada tacos. Bags of Mexican food deliciousness. The asada was spiced perfectly. Birria quesadillas in liquid, ooo la la. Muy deliciosas! This place was crowded Sunday afternoon and I need to do some reconnaissance on this area. Looks like there might be another restaurant and a bakery here in this strip mall. My taste buds needs to check it out. The folk working here are friendly and busy with packing in the patrons and cleaning up, making room for more. Next visit, check out the pozole! read more

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My tacos were good. Service is fast and easy. It was busy so you know it was good. Try the cabeza, the buche, and the lengua they were fire

Food was delicious a filling for a great price coming back soon for more. Servers were friendly and service was fast. read more

Tacos El Rey - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

A nice mexican sit down taqueria with all the usual favorite eats: tacos, enchiladas, tostada, posole, menudo, combo plates etc. I enjoyed two carne asada street tacos for under $5! (Had my own beverage). I really like how roomy the dining area is after you have placed your order at the counter. I'll be back to try the posole and menudo. read more

Tacos El Rey - Carne asada street tacos with cilantro and onions on a soft corn tortilla. - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Stopped here on a rainy day around 4 PM for a afternoon snack for the kids. Out running around and doing stuff. First off this parking lot was packed. Lots of people coming in and out but there's so many other businesses I wasn't sure if tacos El Rey was actually busy or not. Not too busy. We haven't been here for a while as the last two visits the Carne Asada tacos were Way over cooked. Almost hard like jerky, and full of oil. As if they've been sitting on the grill for quite a few hours. They were so oily I figured that they were deep-fried beef. So taking a chance, hopefully these are fresh and delicious as they used to be when we first started coming here. What we ordered: Six Carnitas tacos Six Carne Asada taco As we were waiting for our to go order, plenty people came in and picked up some food. So yeah the place is kind of busy on a Sunday afternoon. The order took about 15 - 20 minutes. It was not bad considering how busy the place was. The tacos were much better this time. However, nothing like when we first started coming here years ago when the meat was fresh and tender. read more

Tacos El Rey - Storefront, packed parking. - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Food was good ,prices increased quite a bit but that economy. Enjoyed my experience and will return.

Best torta ever! We were at the livestock arena for an event and popped over for lunch. So good- and the prices are totally reasonable. Everyone from the gentleman taking our order to the young lady bussing tables were attentive and fantastic. We will be back for sure! And we're from San Diego. High standards for authentic Mexican food. Thanks for cooking for us, we loved it. read more

Good food! Fast service! So yummy! Staff is nice! Will be back!!! Such a good place to get a quick bite to eat! read more

Tacos El Rey - Wet burrito - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Enjoy the restaurant for its food and specials. Right in corner restaurant. Area was portrayed as sketch for new folks but it's worth it. Milanes de res is the best one in this city unless someone says otherwise. The guac and chips are delicious and so is the chips and salsa. Not watered down like some places I've seen practice lately which scares me. Even after grab a dulce from the bakery across the street. read more

Tacos El Rey - Barbacoa - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

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Wanted to try a new place since my regular spot is closed and saw this one about 10 minutes from my house. First thing, my ordered was messed up. I didn't receive my shrimp tacos and in turn received fish tacos. Breaded and not good, I wanted something fresh. Second thing, the carnitas tacos were horribly salty and 2 out of 3 tacos were all fat pieces, no meat. Would not recommend. read more

Took my family out for some street tacos because I had read that the food was good. The tacos we got had a weird taste to them and the carne asada was shredded beef and it was very dry. Traditional carne asada is cubed and tender. These tacos tasted like they were made days ago. I will never come back here. read more

Stopped in for a quick take away lunch. I over-ordered as I always do when I go to a new place...especially a new place that serves goat tacos! The goat tacos were wonderful, tender and tasty. And as I said I over-ordered. I ate the entire #1 combo of taco, torta and enchilada. It came with some of the best refried beans I have had in Reno. For my meat I chose the Asada. The small size of the bits of meat was taco perfection, almost like ground beef but not quite. Service was quick and I was in and out pretty quick even though the place was reasonably busy. read more

Tacos El Rey - Table set up. - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

OMG... I ordered Pozole. It was the poorest bowl of Pozole I have ever had. I ate a bowl of hominy cause I was really hungry. Please view what they call pork meat in the bowl. It llooked like a chicken wing. I would not dare put a piece of that in my mouth. The one piece that looked like a chunk of pork literally looked like it was scraped off the side of the pan. But let me end on a positive note, the Michelada was delicious! read more

Tacos El Rey - Pork meat? - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Great! The staff is super nice. Have a lot of great things to say. They were very helpful to me.

Tacos el rey was a good experience! The food is very reasonably priced, the options and variety is large, and the service was great. We ordered a burrito combo plate, a shrimp cocktail, and chips and guacamole. I don't like meat in my burritos but I didn't see a veggie burrito on the menu, luckily when I asked they said they could accommodate. The burrito was awesome, and even had big chunks of avocado in it (which I prefer to guac). The sides were beans and rice which were good except a bit too salty for my preference. The chips and guac was AMAZING. The guac is handmade and super chunky, and you get a huge plate of it. They even put jalapeños in it which gave a nice little kick. The chips were also a bit too salty for me. The shrimp cocktail was huge and really full. There were a lot of shrimp in it and some veggies too. The portion was great for the price. They also give you crackers which were great. The restaurant has a very homey feel and is authentic Mexican food. It was clean, the service was great, and we will be back! The only downsides was some food was too salty, and they could really use a salsa bar, as I wasn't a huge fan of the one salsa they provided to us. Overall, t read more

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Taco el Rey is my favorite authentic Mexican food joint. Each week, I look forward to Friday....tacos! I really should expand my repertoire, but I just love carnitas tacos! Today I was presented the SUPER spicy salsa, along with the usual spicy red stuff. Don't give this gringa green stuff. The staff is friendly and restaurant clean. It's surprisingly spacious inside. The NW reno location on N McCarran & Mae Anne is great too. read more

Tacos El Rey - The super spicy salsa! - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

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My wife and I came here a little before 1pm on a Friday. It is located in a small strip mall. After finding a place to park in this busy complex we walked in. The majority of the tables were already occupied and we made our way to the counter to order. We were about fourth in line. It looks inside to be very authentic. The menu boards are easy to read while you are standing in line and there are descriptions including ingredients which makes it easy to determine what you want by the time you get to the front of the line. The employee taking orders was friendly and helpful and we thought the prices were very reasonable. He provided us our sodas and a number for our order. We found an available booth and patiently waited as we saw other orders being delivered to the various tables. Our number was called a short time later and our food was delivered and looked yummy. I chose a carnitas wet burrito and my wife chose the chicken nachos. We were also given a small dish of salsa. The salsa was really good. Everything was very tasty and we enjoyed it. Definitely a hidden gem and we would recommend. They are open 7 days a week from 9am-9pm which makes it nice too. This is a really good place for authentic mexican food. Not fancy, but good food at a good price in a relaxed atmosphere. read more

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Tried this place out and was very disappointed....took over 30 minutes to get our food and when it arrived it came wrong. Sent it back and they literally picked off the ingredients i originally ordered it with out leaving their finger marks imprinted in the food. All of that and not even an apology for messing up the order. Won't be back! read more

The restaurant's interior hasnt changed in years and that's a huge piece of its authentic home-style feel. The only place whose food comes close to touching the flavors from home with quick service that won't leave you waiting hungry for long. read more

Tacos El Rey - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

I went over there for quick lunch and ordered fish tacos , I asked cashier what kind fish is that but she didn't know when my order came I think was cod fish but they sliced and after than fried that was horrible fish I had so oily and it was hard to eat , About Rice and beans was good not too salty tastey both was good, About mexican desert I love cream caramel but this one was not fresh and tasted like bitter I don't know why maybe too much baking powder that's reason when your desert get Bitter taste. I hope next time they doing better. read more

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Food here is great no matter the location, carne asada fries are my favorite ever. Service is always quick and the people are very nice. The inside at some of the locations is better than others but generally clean. read more

great take away mexican food, love this place its my go to in Reno. I have eaten in also. I have tried a-lot of the menu, never been disappointed always full and happy here. read more

This is by far my favorite taco place in Reno. I have tried a lot in Reno, and this is the one I keep coming back to once a week. It is extremely affordable, and everything I've tried has been amazing. I usually get carne asada tacos, tacos el pastor, birria tacos, seafood cocktail, tostados de ceviche, and of course their amazing guacamole. Their guacamole is nice and thick. Their food is really savory and authentic. Their tortillas are great quality, and overall so is the food. The service is excellent, so I would like to give a shout-out to an amazing staff. read more

Tacos El Rey - Tacos el Pastor, Birria tacos - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

My boyfriend and I got our food to go and when I got there to pick it up it took like 10-15 minutes for me to even pay for my food and there was only 4 people ahead of me. This place is super cute inside and their food is decent. My nachos didn't even have many chips it was basically all toppings which is okay I guess but I think there should be a good balance for chip to toppings. Also, they we're pretty greasy. My boyfriends Asada fries were pretty good but we're drowning in cheese. We also got their horchata which is a bit too sweet but very tasty. read more

Tacos El Rey - Asada Nachos - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

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I love this place. I've been coming here since I was little and it's remained pretty much unchanged. The food is really authentic and very reasonably priced. You can't go wrong with the tacos, but I love the seafood. The mixed seafood cocktail is my favorite. It comes with shrimp, octopus and abalone. I also love the ceviche tostada. I definitely recommend it for a cheap and delicious meal. read more

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Michelada was tasty. My torta was pretty small but good. My husband said his tacos were good also. All in all, I would come back again. read more

Tacos El Rey - Michelada - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Excellent customer service throughout your stay. Delicious food we ordered tacos and man they didn't disappoint. Tacos; Barbacoa w/consommé, lengua, and tripas. Yum! Thank you! read more

Tacos El Rey has been on my bookmarks list for quite awhile and my teen son & I had the opportunity awhile back to finally check it out. We started by sharing a Tostada Mixta with ceviche, shrimp, and octopus. Oh. My! This was definitely a winner for both of us. The seafood was ample and succulent. We both were acknowledging our approval without saying a word. My son ordered a 3 Taco Combination Meal with 2 chorizo tacos and 1 with pork carnitas. This came with refried beans and rice. He especially enjoyed the chorizo ones. The tacos were a bit small, so next time he wants to add something else to his order and switch out the pork carnitas one for a different type of meat. I ordered the Steak and Chicken Fajitas. It came with rice and refried beans (which were some of the best I have had recently...simple, yet just right). When the plate came, it appeared that there wasn't much to make my fajitas with. As I started assembly; however, I could tell that there was much more there than it first appeared. I actually had more leftover after making 4 nicely filled fajitas. I definitely was full. My son enjoyed some Coke in a glass bottle and made with real sugar (the kind from Mexico). He loves that! I tried their fruit water. I cannot remember the flavor, but it's right there by the cash register. It's tasty and bright. The service was great. The gentleman at the register helped us figure out what we wanted and the waitress was really sweet. It felt nice and homey. We both want to return and probably try more of their seafood dishes. We're both huge fans of Mexican seafood. We will likely always include at least one order of the Tostada Mixta when there. It is simply THAT good. read more

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I hate to say it but I got nasty food poisoning from this place. Threw up everything only two hours after eating their beef and chicken tacos. I was sick for ten hours and threw up at least 15 times. Worst food poisoning I've ever gotten. read more

I ordered 8 tacos, 4 carnitas and 4 chorizo around 8pm. The carnitas had 4 long brownish/light blonde woman hairs on them. Tossed them, didn't even bother taking a photo for review. I called and they said if we wanted them exchanged read more

Great traditional fast food! Ambiance is nice great go to restaurant! I definitely recommend! read more

Best tacos ever had, they toast the tacos to perfection so it's fluffy Inside with a hint of crisp. Amazing, you can tell they made these in house not some store bought tacos. You have to try the beef tongue and beef cabeza meat. Incredibly tender cuts of meat and seasoned light but flavorful. If you don't know what those are, then you are barely scratching the surface of Latin cuisine. read more